Sentences with phrase «among backbenchers»

A tight - knit party with most of its talent in ministerial jobs — and the Lib Dems» traditional tendency of spending huge energy cementing themselves into marginal seats — means there's been little in the way of organised factions among their backbenchers.

The paper also lists Ben Bradshaw, David Lammy, Daniel Zeichner and Chris Leslie as among the backbenchers prepared to defy party orders.

It is still early, with many results still to be declared and of course we will not get the results of the European poll until Sunday, but Labour will not be surprised by these results and that may have consequences for any appetite among backbenchers to mount a concerted push against Gordon Brown.

However if there is a large rebellion it will further undermine his support among the backbenchers, many of who are still angry over his handling of the Andrew Mitchell affair.

After George Osborne's Budget triumph, if the going gets rocky for the Prime Minister in the months ahead — in his attempts to re-negotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership, for example — the clamour from the Tory back benches for Mr Osborne to move next door from No. 11 to No. 10 Downing Street earlier than Mr Cameron would like will grow among those backbenchers who cheered his Budget wildly and waved their order papers in a frenzy.

It is becoming increasingly common to hear criticism among backbenchers of one of the core European Union doctrines, the free movement of workers.

One MP said there was «real anger» among backbenchers who had come back from a gruelling election campaign.

That's why, on one of the most significant Budget days in recent times, politics.co.uk went a-hunting among backbenchers with constituencies around the country for a better sense of reaction to Alistair Darling's announcements.

It may be tempting to secure senior parliamentary support for an issue, but from a campaigning perspective it is often better to build strong cross-party links among backbenchers as they are better able to table questions and put on pressure.

In reality, he did it because he needed to neutralise the growing rebelliousness among his backbenchers and suck some of the venom out of the threat from Ukip.

Not exact matches

Nationals backbencher David Littleproud and deputy leader Bridget McKenzie are among five new faces being promoted to the Federal Cabinet as part of the Prime Minister's reshuffle.

There is now no resistance to this movement at the top of British politics, apart from among a few stubborn Tory backbenchers and the minority of Lib Dems who still remember what the word liberal actual means.

Holding his backbenchers in check on Europe has been ever more difficult to achieve, however, given the disproportionate number of hard - line Eurosceptics among the 2010 intake of Conservative MPs and the increasing discontent on the Conservative backbenches with the constraints of being in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

Frontbenchers and backbenchers threatening to vote against triggering the Article 50 countdown, shadow business secretary Clive Lewis among them, would challenge what's left of Jeremy Corbyn's shredded authority in a rudderless party.

CGT had caused consternation among right - wing Tory backbenchers, who said it discouraged entrepreneurism and achievement.

However, minsters are yet to formally set the wheels in motion and in the mean time it is an issue which has been causing massive dissent throughout the Conservative parliamentary party, even among usually loyal backbenchers.

Mark Reckless, a leading eurosceptic among the 81 Conservative backbenchers who defied David Cameron last month, said an EU referendum was a matter of «when» and not «if» after the Tory revolt.

The government has watered down its plan to put forward a bill on replacing the Human Rights Act with a British bill of rights, bowing to reported disquiet among senior Conservative backbenchers.

ITV News» Chris Ship said Tristram Hunt and Mary Creagh were also among the prominent backbenchers who departed early.

The landmark Brexit legislation will now return to the Commons, where the Prime Minister is expected to face tough battles against her own backbenchers on customs arrangements, the Northern Irish border and parliamentary scrutiny, among other issues.

The sense among many Tory backbenchers, whether they like Dorries or not, that her semi-permanent suspension was unjust

Among those at the Chequers summit will be key backbenchers such as Graham Brady, the chair of the influential 1922 committee of MPs and the former Attorney General, Dominic Grieve.

And now he is shoring up his support among eurosceptic backbenchers by kicking up a stink in Brussels.

Another called him «weak» and blamed his lack of «man - management» for the lack of loyalty among Conservative backbenchers.

Labour backbenchers including Gavin Shuker, Emily Thornberry and Tom Blenkinsop were among those adding pressure to Mr Clegg on the issue.

A decision by the coalition government to legislate against the unions would win support from Conservative backbenchers keen to suppress unrest among public sector workers about their employment conditions.

As she became more isolated, among Tory backbenchers and the general public, the damage done to the prime minister increased proportionately.

He is among a number of Tory backbenchers identified as possible candidates for following Carswell in transferring their loyalties to Ukip.

Backbencher Lisa Nandy, who has been tipped by some as a future leader of Labour, told Sky News there was a sense among voters that Labour «doesn't really have the answers to the big challenges that people face».

He will sit among the Labour backbenchers, but he is not one of them.

Peter Lilley, another favoured candidate among Tory backbenchers, is also thought to be unacceptable.

Labour denied reports of a heated telephone conversation between Brown and Clegg, and support among Brown's Cabinet colleagues remained strong, but one backbencher, John Mann, urged Brown to step aside as Labour leader before the party conference in September, arguing that Brown's continued leadership «rules out the credibility of a Lib / Lab pact».

The plan is also causing considerable unease among Conservative backbenchers — who believe it undermines David Cameron and George Osborne's pledges to support small businesses.

What I did learn is that Afriyie is very rich and has a gang of eight fellow MPs pursuing his cause among Tory backbenchers in the expectation (hope?)

The legislation was introduced under Labour and is unpopular among Tory backbenchers who complain it opens up British law to interference from Europe.

Reeves is among several prominent backbenchers, including Chuka Ummuna, Stephen Kinnock and Emma Reynolds, who have responded to the Brexit vote with calls to reopen the debate on freedom of movement.

Some would support her decision to run, even if they don't support Abbott herself, among them the writer Suzanne Moore, who ran against the Labour backbencher in her heartland Hackney North and Stoke Newington.

Dropping the target will fuel the feeling among Eurosceptic backbenchers that the only way to cut immigration is to leave the European Union.

Nicky Morgan has been reappointed as education secretary and minister for equalities while Mark Harper has been given the crucial job of chief whip - responsible for maintaining discipline among Conservative backbenchers.

The prospect of a return to grammar schools has had some strong support among Conservative backbenchers.

Nicky Morgan's compulsory academy plan raised concerns among some Conservative backbenchers

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The changes are among several adjustments the government made to its overall tax - reform package following an onslaught of complaints from doctors, lawyers, accountants, tax experts, farmers, premiers and even some Liberal backbenchers.

But the coalition's commitment to green policies has recently been questioned, amid scepticism among Tory backbenchers about the benefits of wind power, and the chancellor's enthusiasm for exploiting Britain's shale gas reserves.

Given the largely behind - the - scenes opposition to the Civil Partnership Bill, which reared its head to a degree among Fianna Fail backbenchers, it's not unlikely the final legislation will face severe legal scrutiny — if not ultimately a Constitutional challenge.